Starts: 15
Minutes: 1638
Age: 21
Key Stat: Just 41 minutes played across five substitute appearances in the playoffs
Julián Fernández by no means had a perfect season.
The winger registered only three goals and five assists in 39 appearances across all competitions, which works out to just one goal involvement every 234 minutes. That's better than the numbers put up by the 38-year-old
Maxi Moralez, whose three goals and nine assists across all competitions give him one goal involvement every 261 minutes, but Fernández is in a different position. The 21-year-old Fernández is on the upside of his career, and should be one of the biggest goal-scoring threats in Major League Soccer.
Instead, Fernández's inconsistency pushed him to the bench, with his last league start coming on July 19 in the 1-1 draw with Sporting Kansas City. Most telling, the winger that Transfermarkt values at €4 million (down from the €4.5 million valuation in August 2023, when he joined New York City FC), played just 41 minutes in the postseason, coming off the bench five times and failing to make an impact in any of those games.
